BBS

[Stephen Coates]

I was just wondering, since we have a website and a forum, why don't we have a BBS as well?

[Tiago]

I was just wondering, since we have a website and a forum, why don't we have a BBS as well?

BBS? Bulletim board system... ? is this the meaning?

[AlexJ]

Mainly because BBSes have all but died out now and are redundant to the World Wide Web.

[Harrison]

It wouls still be cool to have one for retro purposes. Would you be interested in running one Steve? Would be cool to have one running from an Amiga too!

[AlexJ]

http://www.bbbs.net/ seems to be the software needed. Both PC and Amiga versions available!

[Tiago]

Popular BBS software for the Amiga were Amiexpress, Infinity and Tempest.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amiexpress

[Stephen Coates]

Mainly because BBSes have all but died out now and are redundant to the World Wide Web.

Not really.

I joined three this week and there are plenty more out there. Mostly telnet ones.

It wouls still be cool to have one for retro purposes. Would you be interested in running one Steve? Would be cool to have one running from an Amiga too!

Possibly. I'm sure I could get an ethernet cable into the loft to use with my A1200. Unless of course you would prefer to dial it with a modem, in which case, I can probably connect it to the telephone sometimes. Although i would like to actually figiure out how to use a BBS first before setting my own up.

[Harrison]

The problem is most of us are working on the main site so don't have the time to run a BBS. You have always said in the past that you've wondered what you could do to help the site. Well there you go. You could run our BBS.

[AlexJ]

Mainly because BBSes have all but died out now and are redundant to the World Wide Web.

Not really.

I joined three this week and there are plenty more out there. Mostly telnet ones.

You are in the tiny minority there though Steve, the number of WWW users is absolutely huge compared to BBS users. As such the website is the much higher priority for the site, and that's taking up most of our time at the moment.

[Harrison]

I'm sure I saw some web software a while back that allows you to display a BBS in a webpage. That could be cool if it is possible, as a BBS could then be a cool addition. As Alex said, BBS's are now a very small minority and most web users don't even know what they are.